FSA: 2 Korina Standards (Crazy prices)

[santellavision]

Wowza. I guess $17k is the new Tree-fiddy. 🤪 The dude's got two. (No affiliation) 

https://reverb.com/item/90369283-hamer-usa-korina-standard-vector-1995-1997

Edited June 9, 2025 by santellavision

[bambino68]

Whats a Vertor?

[The_Cali_Kid]

Madness abounds

Edited June 9, 2025 by The_Cali_Kid

[Dave Scepter]

44 minutes ago, santellavision said:

Wowza. I guess $17k is the new Tree-fiddy. 🤪 

Why is there a Standard with a black pickguard shown?

[santellavision]

He has two different ones for sale.

https://reverb.com/shop/tylers-boutique-608

 

Edited June 9, 2025 by santellavision

[cmatthes]

Silly.

[HamerCustomEr]

$17K USD is still expensive, but that includes two guitars:  a 1995 Korina Standard AND a 1997 Korina Vector.

The Standard with black pickguard is *only* $10K USD

[Steve Haynie]

That looks like a good deal, but the $800 shipping charge kills it for me.  

[The Shark]

I'm not going there.  This is too ridiculous.

"How much"......nope.

[DarkHammer]

$8.5-10K for a guitar. How does one even come up with such price tag???

[tommy p]

The prices are high, but I looked at these and several other of his 14 listings and every one looked like it was straight from the factory and unplayed.  Some people really like that but you pay a premium for it.  I've always preferred light to medium natural wear myself.

[Dave Scepter]

1983 Gibson Explorer Heritage Series Korina w/ink stamped serial! https://reverb.com/item/84748216?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=84748216

[DarkHammer]

2 hours ago, Dave Scepter said:

1983 Gibson Explorer Heritage Series Korina w/ink stamped serial! https://reverb.com/item/84748216?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=84748216

Listed: 9 months ago... At this price it'll be sitting there for 9 years.  

[velorush]

[DarkHammer]

here's another one supposedly owned by Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, $16.5K:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/376309926863?_skw=hamer&itmmeta=01JXNHG1W6K01HM9TKD5EW5VME&hash=item579dd1cbcf:g:ejcAAOSwq6VcFc9N&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dJOphz7EI4tRADUI0pVmjcCnPOOkWGo292G6c7l6mTT1gdVpH0sun%2BrLeMWQ0WBFNIlryOH6f37Me4NeSajtoaHiP%2BSIkLVgu1X61YMD5wT4aEoV%2F1m5PPNkdjOY9Occ9ERoWzIctSmdNHVwoMX37a%2B8NJayZebUemaYaBNjRIW1duhwdjW9n904icEdaytkwnLHsFnZujlTJQl9nGrgfIbNDy%2BSsp6O8RvKl6GE%2FuAAh%2B1dnwA8vZbz7FkdTYNRL3i%2Fz%2FHHf8%2FfQM3%2BFXOVt7|tkp%3ABk9SR7iewLHtZQ

[cmatthes]

I can confirm that is Brad's old Standard in DarkHammer's post above.  It's still selling for more than Brad let it go for a few years back, but the current price is less than half what that guy WAS asking for it when he first listed it.  

[HamStd]

10 hours ago, cmatthes said:

I can confirm that is Brad's old Standard in DarkHammer's post above.  It's still selling for more than Brad let it go for a few years back, but the current price is less than half what that guy WAS asking for it when he first listed it.  

‘Bout time you came to your senses and lowered the price on your guitar!!!   😆😆😆. Just kidding 

[Ham Rex]

I know I over paid for my 1995 "19" Korina Standard at the time. 8/23

I'm really glad I did. The tones from it and my mint 1999 RNK-VKC "28" are just amazing. I think I got an awesome deal on this one so the two balance out to be decent purchases. 

If anyone is looking at these and wonder about if they're going like them I'm pretty sure you will.

Neck is a thicker "C" carve but super comfortable for me. It's not a shredder Californian neck, which I love as well, but still fast and smooth. 

If you hate non-scredder necks, this isn't the guitar for you. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

All the best.

H R

Edited June 24, 2025 by Ham Rex

[The_Cali_Kid]

2 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

I know I over paid for my 1995 "19" Korina Standard at the time. 8/23

I'm really glad I did. The tones from it and my mint 1999 RNK-VKC "28" are just amazing. I think I got an awesome deal on this one so the two balance out to be decent purchases. 

If anyone is looking at these and wonder about if they're going like them I'm pretty sure you will.

Neck is a thicker "C" carve but super comfortable for me. It's not a shredder Californian neck, which I love as well, but still fast and smooth. 

If you hate non-scredder necks, this isn't the guitar for you. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

All the best.

H R

Have you played a Korina Vector, and if so how would you say it compares? Your description sounds similar to how I’d describe the neck on my Korina Vector, which I really like…

Crazy prices aside, I’d love to add a Korina standard to my arsenal when I have a bit more time on my hands.

That being said, the limited time I get to play these days means I reach for my Californian 99% of the time.

[The Shark]

On 6/9/2025 at 4:28 PM, santellavision said:

The dude's got two. 
 

Well, it's easier than changing out the pickguard...

[alantig]

This has "So I told her 'Yes, honey, I am trying to sell the guitars, but nobody's buying them, that's why they're still here'" energy all over it.

Edited June 24, 2025 by alantig

[mirrorimij]

 

One of a kind but part of the original limited run.  Factory Lubritrack nut and ONE piece body.  You can count the number of 1 pc body Korina Standards in Hamer’s entire existence on one hand!  Best $700 ever spent.

Edited June 30, 2025 by mirrorimij

[Cboss]

What is a gstk-vkg?

[The_Cali_Kid]

[Biz Prof]

On 6/11/2025 at 6:39 PM, Dave Scepter said:

1983 Gibson Explorer Heritage Series Korina w/ink stamped serial! https://reverb.com/item/84748216?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=84748216

FFS.